New in 2022: When will all burn pit victims finally get veterans benefits?
By Leo Shane III
Jan 5, 09:11 AM
Veterans advocates saw significant progress in 2021 in the fight to improve care and benefits for victims of burn pit smoke, but they’re hoping for even more in 2022.
The issue of toxic exposure injuries for veterans has been a point of emphasis for outside organizations for years. This past year, advocates for those ill veterans saw a number of bills to extend research, monitoring and benefits eligibility advance further than ever before in Congress, only to stall out at the end of the year.
Leaders in the House and Senate have promised to keep pushing those measures along. But partially in response to that momentum, the Department of Veterans Affairs has begun its own work on the issue, granting presumptive benefits to some burn pit victims for the first time.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/01/05/new-in-2022-when-will-all-burn-pit-victims-finally-get-veterans-benefits/
